horror cryptic

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Across
  1. 4. Hide in that rickety house for a prank (5)
  2. 7. Just saying, a Brit holding a flashlight? Agony. (7)
  3. 8. Spin without the top, top without the bottom (3,4)
  4. 9. Puzzle piece cuts wood (6)
  5. 14. Talk to ghosts? Yes, in France and Germany. (5)
  6. 15. Is the eel leery? Even so... (7)
  7. 16. Ghastly haunter of starting turf (5)
  8. 17. Destructive time for the whole lane (9)
Down
  1. 1. Diplomatic, refined, and cordial, until leeching again (7)
  2. 2. She made it to a lifeboat, believe it or not! (6)
  3. 3. Small awe-striking Lovecraftian scientist (4)
  4. 5. Horror director known for home renovation (9)
  5. 6. Abjured rumble between mirrored demise (3,3)
  6. 9. Famous slasher heard adjacent drop, originally after death toll (5)
  7. 10. Subgenre, or m/m fan in early 2000s (7)
  8. 11. Suck it up! There's time to turn it around. They're only skin-deep! (5)
  9. 12. Dismemberer says, "All I do is crave." (7)
  10. 13. Loners flow back (4)